LEVEL 7

3 Years

BYOD

Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music (Level 7) is a three-year full-time music qualification that brings students to an advanced level of knowledge and skills in major areas of musical understanding and performance. The Diploma in Contemporary Music Level 5is a pre-requisite to this course and stands as the first year of this degree. The degree is unique because it is taught within a Christian environment. Students will complete a Theology paper and enjoy weekly worship times together with other students and staff.

Students who choose to complete this music degree will receive further one-on-one tuition in their chosen stream (Instrument, Voice, and Song Writing). Students continue to develop skills in their elective and also develop higher research and academic skills. Students can study the type of music they love in their specialist voice or instrument electives including Rock, Pop, R&B, Jazz or Classical. Students are given opportunities to experience all aspects of music, including assisting in the annual Vision College tour to schools and other performance events.

This Bachelor of Music has a balance of both music performance and academic aspects and many of our graduates have been highly successful in their music-related careers which include performance, education, church leadership, music management and music production. Some have furthered their study with Post Graduate Diplomas or Masters degrees.

Click HERE to download the Application Booklet. This will give you a clear understanding of all of the required documents and the process to follow to enable you to enrol.

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Fees

Domestic Fees
$19,040 (3 Years)

International Fees *
$55,335 (3 Years)

Fees listed are indicative only and may vary with course selection. Exact fees can be confirmed when you
enquire or apply.
* International learners are required to pay additional costs to attend one of our courses or
programmes. These additional costs include medical and travel insurance cover.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

Fundamentals of MusicGain knowledge of the materials and theory of music to express, record and analyse ideas, as well as understand and accurately reproduce written music.

Western Music HistoryThis paper explores and offers a critical and analytical survey of Western music from the medieval period to the 20th Century.

Research MethodologyAnswer questions and acquire new knowledge around a chosen topic.

Contemporary Christian MusicExplore, by means of a critical and analytical survey, Contemporary Christian Music from the 1970’s to the present.

Worship, Theology and PracticeThis elective is designed to prepare students for ministry in church music positions, such as music directors, worship leaders, musicians and singers.

YEAR 2 - OPTIONAL PAPERS

Music Technology and Production

Arranging and Music Composition

Music History of Blues and Jazz

Improvisation in music

YEAR 3 - CORE PAPERS

Fundamentals and Analysis of Contemporary MusicWith advanced music reading and writing skills you will analyze contemporary music and write modern arrangements, in a range of settings.

Music Research ProjectComplete a research project on a musical topic of your choice

Theology 2Develop your theological perspective through an understanding of the New Testament.

YEAR 3 - OPTIONAL PAPERS

Music Technology and Production

Internship

Theology 3

Music Education

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WILL YOU GET

Bachelor of Music (Level 7)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Domestic Students

Be a minimum of 17 years old and have four years secondary education (NCEA Level 2), or be a mature student aged over 20

Have received some music training in an instrument or voice

Students will be required to produce two referee reports and complete a pre-audition form

Be interviewed and auditioned

Provisional Entry may be granted to domestic applicants who do not meet the criteria above, but present evidence of ability to succeed and are able to show they are well prepared to study the programme

International Students

International students must beat least 18

Students for whom English is a second language must have an IELTS score of 6 (academic) with no individual band lower than 5.5, or equivalent test.

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BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE REQUIREMENTS

Our Music Course requires you to bring your own device (BYOD) for study at Vision College.Below are the minimum specifications required for this course, anything less than this will not open the programmes required.

Windows 10 Operating System (from January 2020 any Windows version less than 10 will not be able to connect to the ATC New Zealand wireless network)Intel Celeron4GB of memory320GB+ Hard Drive or 128GB+ Solid State DriveAcross our programmes we use Microsoft Windows based applications.

Our Bachelor of Music will allow you to work in all sorts of areas of the music industry. Start a career in music education, ministry, composition and song writing, music production, film scoring, as well as music business and management.